Railroads urged to ease wartime food shortage
President Wilson and Congress press the Interstate Commerce Commission to secure ample car facilities for transporting necessities. The ICC orders empty freight cars rushed west to relieve scarcity, with railroads and officials noting the acute shortage has passed and steady improvement ahead.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Bread Rally at City Hall As New Yorkers Demand Aid
In New York on Tuesday, hundreds of women from tenement districts stormed City Hall crying for relief from rising food costs. Led by Mrs. Ida Harris of Mothers' Vigilant League, they demanded a meeting with Mayor John I Mitchell. One companion, "Sweet Marie" Gans, was arrested after addressing the crowd.
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New York
John I. Mitchell
Ida Harris
Mothers’ Vigilant League
Japan builds seven battleships to match Arizona strength
Japan plans seven battleships by 1028 each of the strength of the Arizona. The Hyuga, new flagship of its class, is the fourth battleship of that group to be completed, noted as one of the world’s most powerful war vessels.
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Tokyo
Japan
Arizona
America
Hyuga
Burglary Yields Odd Loot in Third Avenue Store
A thief broke into J. W. Duringo’s Third Avenue shop and stole food items. He did not take the cash in the safe, instead taking a bushel of red onions 13 dozen eggs coffee and several boxes of cheese.
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New York
J. W. Duringo
Third Avenue
Eight Thousand Stolen From Mail at Santa Fe Station
Postal inspectors search for thief who took a sack of registered mail from the Santa Fe railway station mail transfer office in Albuquerque. The sack reportedly contained at least eight thousand dollars in currency, with one report raising the amount to twenty thousand.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe Railway
Army Officer Faces Charge in Pro German Allegations
San Francisco reports Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell ordered an investigation into statements that Lieut. George Krapf, a United States army student aviator at San Diego, showed pro German demeanor. The action follows inquiries into his alleged sympathies amid wartime scrutiny.
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San Francisco
Lieut
George Krapf
United States Army
San Diego
J. Franklin Bell
Britain blockade order ignored by U S officials
Washington report states the state department received Britain’s expanded blockade order but will not use it as the basis for official action.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Premier Lloyd George Warns Commons On War Ship Shortage
England faces sharp blows from Germany's submarine fleet as Premier Lloyd George in the Commons calls for drastic measures to cut imports and boost tonnage. He outlines three steps: navy action, building merchant ships, and curbing nonessential imports to lift home production.
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England
Germany
Lloyd George
House of Commons
France
Lloyd-George
Sir Edward Carson
The
Admiralty
Great Britain
U. S. Missionary Victim of U-Boat in Mediterranean
Robert Allen Naden, American Presbyterian missionary in Foochow, China, died when the French liner Athos was sunk by a submarine 10 miles east of Malta on February 17. Consul Keblinger in Malta reported to the State Department, noting Naden’s address care of the Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville Tennessee. The submarine’s nationality was not stated. Athos was said to be carrying troops and may have been a transport, delaying any definite action.
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Washington
Robert Allen Naden
Foochow
China
Athos
Malta
Keblinger
Haden
State Department
S’riday
Presbyterian Mission Board
Nashville
Tenn
Indiana Women Win Vote In House Passage
Indianapolis reports the Indiana House passed the Maston woman suffrage bill by 67 ayes to 24 ayes on Thursday. The measure has already cleared the Senate and now heads to the governor for signature. In Chicago a Kenosha post office robbery attempt failed under cover of rain with about $50,000 in cash and stamps seized by cracksmen.
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Indianapolis
House of Representatives
Senate
Kenosha
Chicago
Mrs Dewey Praises Navy League in Chicago Letter
Mrs George Dewey president of the Navy league sent a letter to Mrs Frederick D Countiss chairwoman of the local branch praising the plans put into operation at the headquarters in Chicago.
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Dewey
Navy League
Chicago
George Dewey
Frederick D. Countiss
Riots Turn Violent at Franklin Sugar Refinery
A mob of striking sugar workers led by a woman with a baby attacked police in Philadelphia. One killed and nine wounded as officers fired. Bystander fatally struck, numerous rioters injured. riot quelled after police reserves arrived. Florence Shadie led the crowd and was arrested.
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Philadelphia
Franklin
Florence HE. Shadie
M. Detkobzo
John Bromley
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Federa Trade Commission
Commission
Department of Agriculture
Wilson to Take Oath in Private March 4 at White House
President Wilson will take his new oath of office in private at the White House on Sunday March 4. It is undecided whether he will repeat the oath at the public ceremony on March 5 or use the day for delivering his inaugural address. An extra Senate session is called for March 5 to act on nominations.
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White House
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Senate approves phone-dry amendment to postal bill
Washington, Feb 23 The Senate phone-dry amendment prohibiting liquor shipments into states with prohibition laws was approved by the house 821 to 72. The measure is seen as one of the most far reaching anti liquor moves in years because it will close dry states to shipments now allowed in limited quantities.
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Washington
Senate
House
German Soldiers Quarrel Ends in Bloodshed in Belgium
London dispatch reports 32 Bavarian and Prussian troops killed and 200 wounded after a quarrel escalated into a fight at Beverlo Belgium. The incident underscores tense conditions among German forces stationed abroad during the war.
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London
Beverloe
Belgium
Allies Push Through Saloniki Reinforcements
New arrivals of troops to Saloniki include large Malian contingents as Allied forces reinforce the front. The talk centers on launching a spring offensive or cementing positions to advance this season.
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Saloniki
Army Bill Passes House With $250 Million Appropriation
The house approved an army measure totaling more than 250 million dollars with no roll call. An amendment for compulsory military training was defeated by a point of order. Uniforms and equipment funds were raised by four million, and reserve supplies for the National Guard increased by three million.
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Washington
House
Caldwell
New York
Dent
National Guard
Germans Free U. S. Tars
A Berlin dispatch reports the American sailors taken to Germany on the Yarrowdale have been released after official confirmation that German ships in America were not confiscated and their crews not interned. In Omaha Nebraska, lawmakers react to Congress passage of the bone dry bill and consider aligning state statutes with federal law allowing limited liquor imports.
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Berlin
Germany
America
U. S
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Congress
Frederik VIII Held For Further Baggage Check
The Frederik VIII with former ambassador von Bernstorff aboard is delayed another week in Halifax Nova Scotia and docked beside a pier to permit additional baggage examination.
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Halifax
N. S
Frederik VIII
Kansas Governor Caps Bone-Dry Law Signing
Governor Capper signed the state bone-dry liquor law in Topeka on Friday afternoon and it immediately took effect. Several legislators joined in singing Blow Dry I Ag.
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Topeka
Kan
Capper
Grain Shippers Fear Heavy Losses As Cars Back Up
Iowa rail congestion holds millions of bushels of grain in elevators and on farms. More than 100000 loaded cars are tied up on sidetracks east of Chicago awaiting ships to carry contents. Farmers and manufacturers urge drastic relief measures as contracts expire March 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Railroad Commission
Towa
Chicago
Nebraska
George Wrightman
Towa Manufacturers’ Association
Railroad Commission
Threaten Track Workers on Atlantic Southern Railroad
An anonymous letter threatens to blow up railway workers if dismantling of the Atlantic Southern line continues. E Z Houchin oversees the job, begun at Grant and moving toward Atlantic, with rails hauled to Villisca. The owner Robert Abeles acts under court authority amid long troubled history.
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Atlantic Southern Railway
E. Z. Houchin
Robert Abeles
Grant
Villisca
Judge Deemer Dies in Red Oak at 58
Justice Horace E. Deemer of the Iowa Supreme Court died at his Red Oak home after weeks of illness a general nervous breakdown linked to overwork and worry over his wife. He served 23 years on the court since 1894. Governor Harding will appoint his successor.
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Judge Deemer
Red Oak
Horace E. Deemer
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Deemer
Harding Will
Liner Laconia Sunk After February Crossing
The Cunard liner Laconia of 18 000 tons sailing from New York on February 18 has been sunk near Queenstown. The vessel carried over 1 000 passengers with more than ten Americans among them.
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Eny
Cunard
Laconia
New York
Postoffice Robber Leaders Plead Guilty in Des Moines
James O Day and Thomas McGuire, identified as leaders of Iowa postoffice robbers, pleaded guilty to robbery before Federal Commissioner Fitzsimmons. Charles Riggins pleaded not guilty. Authorities say confessions break up a two year crime gang operating from Angus, Iowa.
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Des Moines
James O’day
Thomas McGuire
Iowa
Fitzsimmons
Charles Riggins
Angus
Teutons Retreat On The Somme In Bold British Advance
British forces broke into German lines near Ville sur-Lourbe and advanced to Miraumont and Petit Miraumont after a German retirement on the Somme. Reports from Paris and Berlin confirm German withdrawal under fog with the British occupying key trenches and towns.
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Ville sur-Lourbe
Verdun
France
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Serre
Miraumont
Petit Miraumont
Butte de Warilencourt
Bapaume
Somme
Vys
Ancre
U Boat Attacks U S Bark Galena Reported
The American bark Galena reported being fired on by a German submarine in the English Channel on November 27 while eastbound from Rouen. Two British destroyers appeared and drove off the submarine.
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Galena
Rouen
English Channel
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